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   worker

   /ˈwəːkə/

   noun

   • 1. a person who does a specified type of work or who works in a specified way: "a farm worker"
   • ▪ an employee, especially one who does manual or non-executive work. Similar employeemember of staffworking manworking womanworkmanlabourerhandoperativeoperatorblue-collar workerwhite-collar workerproletarianartisanjourneymancraftsmancraftswomanwage-earnerbreadwinnerarchaic:mechanical
   • ▪ a person who works hard: informal "I got a reputation for being a worker" Similar hard workertoilerworkhorseStakhanovitegalley slaveinformal:busy beeeager beaverworkaholicwheel horsewonk
   • ▪ used in Marxist or leftist contexts to refer to the working class: "a red flag with the inscription ‘workers of the world, unite!’"
   • 2. a person who achieves a specified thing: "he was a bogus worker of miracles"
   • 3. a neuter or undeveloped female bee, wasp, ant, or other social insect, large numbers of which do the basic work of the colony.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   • K

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   • E

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